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To: trebb; Elsie
I understand wanting to vote for a "sinless" man, but such hasn't esxisted for over 2,000 years.

Well, I guess Trebb, you're not very well "read up" on Mormonism. You see, per Mormon doctrine, Mitt Romney is ALREADY a "god in embryo" -- on his way to full-grown godhood. (And the Mormon gods only let perfectos become full-grown "gods")

Want the evidence? See for yourself:

Many people know of Spencer W. Kimball, the 12th "prophet" of the Lds church (1973-1985), as the man who allowed blacks to become Mormon priests in 1978.

But did you know Mormonism teaches you are all "gods in embryo"??? (And Kimball was one of its key proponents)

Did you know that Mormonism teaches the false "gospel" of self-transformation -- of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps to become a god? (And Kimball was one of its key proponents)

Spencer W. Kimball on these very topics:

1969 "Being a GOD IN EMBRYO with the seeds of godhood neatly tucked away in him, and with the power to become a god eventually, man need not despair...he must...transform himself..." (Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, pp. 173-174)

A couple he was advising in Kimball's office "did not understand that forgiveness is not a thing of days or months or even years but is a matter of intensity of feeling and transformation of self...This couple seemed to have no conception of satisfying the Lord, of paying the total penalties and obtaining a release..." (Ibid, p. 156)

To Kimball, you had to "pay the total penalties" for your sin -- vs. that being a role occupied by the true Jesus Christ.

September, 1974: Man can transform himself and he must. Man has in himself the seeds of godhood, which can germinate and grow and develop. As the acorn becomes the oak, the mortal man becomes a god. It is within his power to lift himself by his very bootstraps from the plane on which he finds himself to the plane on which he should be. It may be a long, hard lift with many obstacles, but it is a real possibility. Source: http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6057 (Spencer W. Kimball speech entitled Be Ye Therefore Perfect 9/17/74 devotional address @ BYU)

1975: Man is created in the image of God. He is a GOD IN EMBRYO. He has the seeds of godhood within him, and he can, if he is normal, pick himself up by his bootstraps and literally move himself from where he is to where he shows he should be." Source: http://emp.byui.edu/marrottr/LovevsLust.pdf, "Love vs. Lust," Spencer W. Kimball, Provo: BYU Publications, 1975

November 1977: Self-mastery, then, is the key, and every person should study his own life, his own desires and wants and cravings, and bring them under control. Man can transform himself and he must. Man has in himself the seeds of godhood, which can germinate and grow and develop. As the acorn becomes the oak, the mortal man becomes a god. It is within his power to lift himself by his very bootstraps from the plane on which he finds himself to the plane on which he should be. It may be a long, hard lift with many obstacles, but it is a real possibility. To be perfect, one can turn to many areas as a starting place....As we have stated before, the way to perfection seems to be a changing of one’s life—to substitute the good for the evil in every case. Source: By President Spencer W. Kimball An address given to students of Weber State College, Ogden, Utah on 4 November 1977 http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=244ed0640b96b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

July, 1978 Ensign Magazine: Lds church officially endorses Kimball Weber State College comments by publishing them in their official magazine

This quote also becomes part of Chapter 19 of what Lds officially teach college students in their Institute curricula: See http://institute.lds.org/manuals/doctrines-of-the-gospel-student-manual/doc-gosp-11-20-19.asp

370 posted on 05/20/2012 1:21:46 PM PDT by Colofornian (Mom when I grow up, I want 2B like Ike. Mom when I grow up, I want 2B a god f rom Kolob like Mitt.)
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To: Colofornian
Well, I guess Trebb, you're not very well "read up" on Mormonism. You see, per Mormon doctrine, Mitt Romney is ALREADY a "god in embryo" -- on his way to full-grown godhood. (And the Mormon gods only let perfectos become full-grown "gods")

And I should base my thought procees totally on Mormonism? I'm a Christian and picked non-denomination because religions ALL distort the Bible for whatever purpose (it would seem that, like the Pharisees, modern day priests and such still need to have a leg up on the Laity). Men are weak, yet we use them to serve whatever purpose while on this earth.

When tearing down Romney for all his failure, what do you make of what Obama has already done, the utter disdain for the law and the Constitution, the crippling financial policies, and oh yeah "...I need more space until after my election; then I'll have..you know..more flexibility..."?

Religion is a distraction - even those who profess to follow Biblical Christianity seem unaware of what it's really about and do not follow the "rules", yet they consider themselves above all others. I'm willing to let God sort it out because I know my nature and understand that it took His sacrifice to make me worthy despite myself. Right now I'm more concerned with the toxicity of the WH on our Nation.

374 posted on 05/20/2012 2:05:03 PM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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